Red River Railroad Museum
101 E. Main, Suite 145

Come explore the history of Denison! The Red River Railroad Museum is located inside the restored Historic Katy Depot in downtown Dension, Texas. The Katy Depot is the former passenger station and general office building of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The depot was the center of operations for the railroad till it's merger with the Union Pacific Railroad on August 12, 1988. Every famous Katy passenger train used the depot, boarding passengers for travel from Denison to the many destinations throughout the Katy System. Although all passenger service ended on the Katy in the mid 1960s the depot remained the general offices for the railroad till the merger with the Union Pacific Railroad. Come see pioneer heritage that has been carefully preserved for you. A museum filled with thousands of rail related artifacts, rows of display cases, every wall covered with photos. multiple collections of books and maps, everything covering railroad history in the Denison area and beyond.

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